Book I - Chapter VI. The Shoemaker Quiz — A Tale of Two Cities

by Charles Dickens

Comprehension Quiz: Book I - Chapter VI. The Shoemaker

Where do Mr. Lorry and Lucie find Dr. Manette?

  • In a cell at the Bastille, still officially imprisoned
  • In a garret above Defarge's wine shop in Saint Antoine
  • In a hospital ward being treated for his injuries
  • In a boarding house near the Paris city gate

What trade has Dr. Manette taught himself during his imprisonment?

  • Tailoring, sewing prison garments from whatever scraps of cloth he could find
  • Carpentry, building small furniture and boxes
  • Weaving, producing fabric on a small handloom
  • Shoemaking, crafting shoes with common tools and leather

When asked his name, how does Dr. Manette identify himself?

  • "One Hundred and Five, North Tower"
  • "Alexandre Manette, physician of Beauvais"
  • He simply shakes his head and says nothing at all
  • "I have no name—the Bastille took it from me"

How does Dickens describe the quality of Dr. Manette's voice?

  • Harsh and grating, like iron scraping stone from years of screaming
  • Strong but halting, as if he had completely forgotten the natural rhythms and cadences of normal speech
  • Deep and rumbling, resonant despite his physical frailty
  • Like the last feeble echo of a sound made long ago—faded by solitude and disuse

What does Dr. Manette say when Defarge asks if he can bear more light?

  • "I must bear it, if you let it in"
  • "No—the light hurts my eyes; close the door again"
  • "Yes—please, let the sun in; I have not seen it in years"
  • "Light or darkness, it matters not to me now"

What object triggers Dr. Manette's most lucid moment of recognition?

  • A portrait of his wife that Mr. Lorry shows him from his coat pocket
  • Lucie's golden hair, which matches strands he has kept from his wife
  • His old medical instruments, brought from England by Mr. Lorry
  • A letter sealed with the crest of the Manette family

What does Lucie repeatedly urge her father to do in her emotional speech?

  • Forgive the men who imprisoned him and find peace
  • Remember who he is and reclaim his former life
  • Pray to God for the strength to endure his journey
  • Weep for all the suffering and loss he has endured

What does Dr. Manette ask for as he is placed into the carriage?

  • His shoemaking tools and the unfinished shoes
  • A glass of wine to calm his nerves for the journey
  • A blanket, because he has not felt warmth in years
  • Assurance that they are not returning him to prison

What is Madame Defarge doing as the group departs in the carriage?

  • Weeping quietly at the doorway, moved by the reunion
  • Arguing with Defarge about the danger of letting Manette leave
  • Leaning against the door-post, knitting, and seeing nothing
  • Waving goodbye and wishing them a safe journey to England

What happens when Dr. Manette reaches the open courtyard?

  • He collapses from the overwhelming shock of breathing fresh outdoor air after so many confined years
  • He instinctively changes his step, expecting a drawbridge that is not there
  • He tries to run back upstairs to the garret and his cobbler's bench
  • He stands still and stares at the sky, weeping at the sight of stars

What repeated question from earlier chapters closes this chapter?

  • "I hope you care to be recalled to life?" from Mr. Lorry's thoughts
  • "What is your name, my gentle angel?" asked by Dr. Manette
  • "Buried how long?" whispered by the Dover mail guard
  • "Is it possible that this man could ever recover?" asked by Defarge

What literary technique does Dickens use most prominently to convey Dr. Manette's psychological damage?

  • Flashback sequences showing his arrest and early years in prison
  • Interior monologue revealing his confused and fragmented thoughts
  • Repetition of the phrase "What did you say?" as a recurring refrain
  • Letters written by Dr. Manette that describe his suffering directly

Which statement best describes Lucie's behavior when Dr. Manette picks up the shoemaker's knife?

  • She screams and backs away in fear, and Defarge rushes forward
  • She calmly stays the two men with a gesture, showing no fear of her father
  • She carefully and quietly takes the knife away from him while he is distracted by her voice
  • She is unaware of the knife and continues speaking to her father

What does Dickens compare the task of recalling Dr. Manette from his mental wandering to?

  • Trying to wake a person from deep sleep by calling their name
  • Attempting to teach a wild animal to respond to human commands
  • Recalling a very weak person from a swoon or staying a fast-dying man's spirit
  • Pulling a drowning man from a river before the current takes him under

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